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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Re: Gaijin vs -san (was Re: If you hate ... )
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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 02:07:36 GMT
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In a previous article, pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe) says:

>
>The offensiveness of words depends a lot on who is using them.  In
>particular members of a group may often use a word denoting the group
>without causing offence, whereas for an outsider to do it would be
>offensive.
>
>Amongst gay friends I may use the term "queer" quite happily.  That
>doesn't mean that I don't find it offensive when used by straight
>people.

Though anecdotally interesting, the analogy with "nigger" is not perfect, 
witness the existence of "Queer Nation" and the nonexistence of groups 
(at least at the level of the general press's attention) with names like 
"The Nigger League".
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